Contributions

  • David Allison (Contributor) - Contributor
  • Rosamund Baird (Contributor) - Contributor
  • Miguel Camara (Contributor) - Contributor
  • S. P. Denyer (Editor) - Contributor
  • S. P. Gorman (Editor) - Contributor

Publication

2004-06-01 - Blackwell Publishing Limited

Language

English

Word Count

120,250 words, Guess

Page Count

481 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2003024264
  • LibraryThing8915382
  • Goodreads997329

Classifications

  • LCCQR46.5 .P48 2004

Description

This seventh edition is a considerably updated and comprehensive textbook covering the broad and exciting area of a key pharmaceutical science. The topics covered range from the fundamental aspects of pathogens of pharmaceutical significance through the clinical implications of infection, contamination and their eradication to biotechnological and immunological applications. Expanded coverage of modern biotechnology, including genomics and recombinant DNA technology, and newer antimicrobial agents and their mode of action. Highly illustrated with structural formulas of organic compounds and flow diagrams of biochemical processes.

First Sentence

Despite continuing poverty in many parts of the world and the devastating effects of HIV and AIDS infection on the African continent and elsewhere, the health of the world's population is progressively improving.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Hugo and Russell's Pharmaceutical MicrobiologyBlackwell Publishing Limited2004-06-01
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